Read Object
6th-level divination (ritual) (Bard,Sorcerer,Wizard)
- Casting Time: 10 minutes
- Range: Touch (1 object)
- Components: V, S
- Duration: Concentration, up to 1 hour
You can concentrate on an object you are touching, reading psychic impressions left on it by recent events. At the end of the time you spend casting this spell, you learn of any events within the past 24 hours that occurred within 30 feet of the object. You see, hear, and smell those events from the object's point of view, as if you had been there at the time. You also see a mental image of the last creature that handled the object, also from the object's perspective, no matter how long ago the object was last held. The only information you receive about the creature is its appearance at that time (including a sense of its size), whether it was alone (although you can't see any other creatures that might have been there), and a one or two-word description from the DM describing that creature's emotional state the last time it touched the object creature was not capable of emotion, or if its mental state was too alien for you to understand, the DM will tell you that instead.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 7th level or higher, if the object has been handled by multiple creatures within the last week, you get the same information about each creature who handled it during that time the same way you would normally receive about the last creature who handled it.